New MUD Ideas

So I’m thinking about doing a MUD based on “old school” D&D. Partly because I like this style of game on the tabletop but also because I fancy doing a bit of a re-imagining of DikuMUD. I really like BECMI as it was my first introduction to D&D but race as class just feels clunky … Continue reading New MUD Ideas →

Imaginary Realities Redux

Drakkos has posted that he wants to bring back the old Imaginary Realities e-zine (again!). The blog article is long but worth the read and I think he sets out his case clearly. Over at Mudbytes, Idealiad has questioned the wisdom of trying to bring together such diverse game types and while I see his … Continue reading Imaginary Realities Redux →

New Flash Clients for Avalon and The Two Towers

I’ve been busy on the MUD client front lately with two new commissions from Avalon and The Two Towers. These were quite different projects with Avalon wanting something similar to the client I did for Maiden Desmodus whereas The Two Towers had an existing javascript based web client they just wanted recreated in Flash for … Continue reading New Flash Clients for Avalon and The Two Towers →

Bulletin Board Plugin for Avalon

Here’s another MUSHclient plugin for Avalon, though I am sure it could be adapted fairly easily for any mud with an in game note or bulletin board system. The plugin stores bulletin board posts in an sqlite database so you can search for a particular word or phrase or find all posts from or to … Continue reading Bulletin Board Plugin for Avalon →

Are commercial MUDs still viable?

Commercial MUDs are already a minority within a tiny niche market and with many quality free games struggling to attract players, who in their right mind would think that a commercial MUD could be successful? This certainly seems to be the prevailing view over at TMC, but I believe commercial MUDs are far more viable than … Continue reading Are commercial MUDs still viable? →

Avalon Prompt for MUSHclient Version Two

I think this is an improvement on version 1, but it’s a little bigger and has more information so YMMV. I’ve removed the H, M and P labels as they seemed superfluous and I’ve added some more functionality with the plugin now containing two lines of information. From left to right on the top we … Continue reading Avalon Prompt for MUSHclient Version Two →

MUSHclient Prompt Plugin for Avalon

After playing a bit of Avalon recently I thought I’d use it to experiment with MUSHclient’s miniwindow system by creating a simple plugin to replace the prompt. It’s a fixed miniwindow at the bottom of the main display with gauges for health and mana followed by a list of prompt letters, current exits and finally … Continue reading MUSHclient Prompt Plugin for Avalon →

Anyone for MUD Reviews?

I haven’t blogged anything for a while so I thought it would be fun to play some new MUDs and post reviews of them here. So if anyone wants me to review their MUD please let me know! I run a MUD of my own so obviously I can’t claim to be completely free from … Continue reading Anyone for MUD Reviews? →

Maiden Desmodus Beta Launch

It’s been almost a year, but we’re finally open for public beta testing. After several delays and despite still having a lot of stuff to do, neither Wade nor myself really wanted to wait any longer. I know it’s tempting to keep holding off until everything is just right, but the priority for both of … Continue reading Maiden Desmodus Beta Launch →

MUDdy Hobo Interview

I was recently interviewed by Wes Platt for his MUDdy Hobo blog. I got to ramble on about my projects and spout my views on MUDs and gaming without challenge or criticism, so it was a lot of fun! One thing he touched on was the concept of multiple games behind a single portal and … Continue reading MUDdy Hobo Interview →